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                                                                                                  Text Box: For more information, complete table of contents, and excerpts from the introduction, click here>>  The position I have taken here is that both what to design and how to design are essential aspects of studio teaching. However, one should note that no process of design is inherently superior to another. One process might be appropriate for one set of conditions while another might work better for different conditions. Most importantly, some processes are more able to be taught than others, since they are based on systematic procedures, while at the same time meet students’ abilities. Therefore, this paper calls for a fresh look at the way in which students’ abilities are developed in a manner that is more responsive to the design issues they encounter in the studio. The paper reports on a sophomore studio taught by the author at the College of Environmental Design, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). It outlines a criticism of traditional teaching practices with an emphasis on the design process and the route taken in the studio. Based on this criticism, the paper introduces a model devised by the author to view the structured content and rigorous process as equally integral components of studio teaching. The model addresses design as process and teaching and learning styles adopted in the studio. It simplifies the process of design into a set of procedures for educational purposes, responding to students’ abilities. The implementation of the model is presented based on an international elementary school design project assignment, together with examples of outcomes of students’ work. An earlier version of this chapter appeared under the title of "A Process Oriented Design Pedagogy: KFUPM Sophomore Studio, CEBE Transactions, the Online Journal of the Center for Education in the Built Environment, Volume 2 - Issue 2- September 2005, Click here>> Text Box: Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future   Ashraf M. Salama and Nicholas Wilkinson, (editors)   Urban International Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (2007) ISBN# 1-872811-09-04 Contact: Carol Nicholson at: carol.nicholson@ribaenterprises.com   Text Box:   Salama, A. (2007). A Structured Content and A Rigorous Process Meet in Studio Pedagogy. In Ashraf M. Salama and Nicholas Wilkinson (eds.): Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future. Urban International Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom. PP. 153-166 ISBN# 1-872811-09-04